Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
in whose person
English answer:
the people who embody impiety; impious people
Added to glossary by
Yvonne Gallagher
Feb 7, 2013 14:59
11 yrs ago
English term
in whose person
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Philosophy
I cannot understand this phrase. Would be grateful if you could elaborate.
Hereby is banished the error of the impious in whose person it is said:...
Hereby is banished the error of the impious in whose person it is said:...
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Feb 10, 2013 19:22: Yvonne Gallagher Created KOG entry
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the people who are not pious
imo
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I believe "impious" here= the non-pious people
so, "in whose person" refers to these people
Hereby is banished the error of the impious in whose person it is said:...
The error of impious people is hereby banished since it is said that they...
You really need to give the full context and at least a full sentence to get a full explanation
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Note added at 1 hr (2013-02-07 16:31:22 GMT)
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it might also be said that these people personify impiety
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Note added at 3 hrs (2013-02-07 18:46:10 GMT)
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so, I just found the rest of the context since you asked the question in another forum already
http://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postsm374790_in-whose-per...
and I agree with Thar since it is very similar to what i said already
"Hereby is banished the error of the impious [person];
it is said that in the impious person:......."
so, yes, these are the impious people
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Note added at 3 hrs (2013-02-07 18:50:24 GMT)
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in whose person=is embodied
or these people embody
the essence of these people is
and the context:
Hereby is banished the error of the impious in whose person it is said: We were born out of nothingness, and hereafter we shall be as though we had never been (Wisd. ii, 2); in whose person again Solomon says: One is the perishing of man and beast, and even is the lot of both: as man dies, so do beasts die: all breathe alike, and man hath no advantage over beasts (Eccles iii, 19): that he does not say this in his own person, but in the person of the ungodly, is clear from what he says at the end, as it were drawing a conclusion: Till the dust return to the earth, from whence it came; and the spirit go back to the God who gave it (Eccles xii, 7).
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Note added at 3 days4 hrs (2013-02-10 19:20:56 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to have helped
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Note added at 1 hr (2013-02-07 16:30:08 GMT)
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I believe "impious" here= the non-pious people
so, "in whose person" refers to these people
Hereby is banished the error of the impious in whose person it is said:...
The error of impious people is hereby banished since it is said that they...
You really need to give the full context and at least a full sentence to get a full explanation
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Note added at 1 hr (2013-02-07 16:31:22 GMT)
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it might also be said that these people personify impiety
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Note added at 3 hrs (2013-02-07 18:46:10 GMT)
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so, I just found the rest of the context since you asked the question in another forum already
http://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postsm374790_in-whose-per...
and I agree with Thar since it is very similar to what i said already
"Hereby is banished the error of the impious [person];
it is said that in the impious person:......."
so, yes, these are the impious people
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Note added at 3 hrs (2013-02-07 18:50:24 GMT)
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in whose person=is embodied
or these people embody
the essence of these people is
and the context:
Hereby is banished the error of the impious in whose person it is said: We were born out of nothingness, and hereafter we shall be as though we had never been (Wisd. ii, 2); in whose person again Solomon says: One is the perishing of man and beast, and even is the lot of both: as man dies, so do beasts die: all breathe alike, and man hath no advantage over beasts (Eccles iii, 19): that he does not say this in his own person, but in the person of the ungodly, is clear from what he says at the end, as it were drawing a conclusion: Till the dust return to the earth, from whence it came; and the spirit go back to the God who gave it (Eccles xii, 7).
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Note added at 3 days4 hrs (2013-02-10 19:20:56 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to have helped
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Veronika McLaren
: i.e. the person who embodies impiety makes the error of saying:
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Thanks Veronika:-)
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who is the personification
In other words impiety is personified by what is said, the example that is given.
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Thank you! |
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